by John Boyle | Apr 4, 2022 | News, NJ, Scooters
If you’ve been to Burlington City in the past few months you may have seen purple E-Scooters on the street. Rich Rollerz powered by GOAT! was launched in October 2021 with 10 scooters. It is the first micromobility sharing service in South Jersey and the first...
by John Boyle | Jul 28, 2021 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Scooters, The Circuit
The Ben Franklin Bridge Trail had a problem you probably didn’t even know about: E-bikes were banned from the trail. ‘ This wasn’t necessarily a big issue (the DRPA police were aware of e-bikes on the trail, and were not actively enforcing the rule),...
by John Boyle | Jul 2, 2021 | Vision Zero, Action Center, Biking the Region, News, NJ, Scooters
On June 30th, the NJ State Senate passed S2208 the Safe Passing Bill, voting 33-0 with bipartisan support, and is now headed to Governor Murphy’s desk to be signed into law. The bill which was co-sponsored by Camden/Gloucester County Senator Nilsa Cruz-Perez passed...
by John Boyle | Jul 1, 2021 | Biking the Region, News, NJ, Scooters
Good news: NJ TRANSIT has revised its bike policy to now allow e-bikes and e-scooters on buses trains and light rail vehicles. This is a reversal of a policy that previously banned E-bikes and E scooters on buses and trains and even on NJ TRANSIT property. In other... by John Boyle | May 14, 2019 | Bike Share, Biking the Suburbs, Featured, Scooters
On May 13th NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation that regulates the operation of low-speed electric bicycles and low-speed electric scooters. The new law takes effect immediately. Although E-Bikes have been in use in the state, their status was caught in legal... by John Boyle | Apr 5, 2019 | Biking Outside The Region, Featured, research, Scooters
In 2018, the City of Baltimore launched a dockless e-scooter pilot program to study the implementation issues that included safety, deployment in what the City calls equity zones and public support for the program. The City Department of Transportation has...
